Thirty-Minute Theatre

Series 7

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

Where to Watch Thirty-Minute Theatre • Series 7

33 Episodes

  • Walt, King of the Dumper
    E1
    Walt, King of the Dumper
  • Soldier Ants
    E2
    Soldier Ants
  • Gun Play
    E3
    Gun Play
  • Combing Down His Yellow Hair
    E4
    Combing Down His Yellow Hair
  • The Moonlighters
    E5
    The Moonlighters
  • Getting In
    E6
    Getting In
  • Psychological Warfare
    E7
    Psychological Warfare
  • A Settled Sort of Life
    E8
    A Settled Sort of Life
  • The Gardeners of My Youth
    E9
    The Gardeners of My Youth
  • Blues in the Morning
    E10
    Blues in the Morning
  • Jenkins
    E11
    Jenkins
  • Allotment
    E12
    Allotment
  • Farewell Performance
    E13
    Farewell Performance
  • Footprints
    E14
    Footprints
  • A Wen
    E15
    A Wen
  • Not Counting the Savages
    E16
    Not Counting the SavagesAn incident in a graveyard has upset a middle-aged housewife, but her husband couldn't care less.
  • Uncle Rollo
    E17
    Uncle RolloUncle Rollo has a bad habit of remembering all the things his nephew Ivor would like to forget.
  • They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques
    E18
    They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques
  • The Penthouse Apartment
    E19
    The Penthouse ApartmentMorgan the caretaker really doesn't like Mr. and Mrs. Runca, two of the tenants he's supposed to look after - and he picks the worst possible time to let them know it.
  • An Affair of Honour
    E20
    An Affair of HonourIf Major Bartholomew isn't insane, why is he playing Russian roulette with a lovelorn subaltern?
  • An Arrow for Little Audrey
    E21
    An Arrow for Little Audrey
  • That Quiet Earth
    E22
    That Quiet Earth
  • Said the Preacher
    E23
    Said the Preacher
  • That Time of Life
    E24
    That Time of Life
  • Under the Age
    E25
    Under the AgeGay bartender Susie applies make-up and holds sway over a quiet bar, responding with suspicion and bitterness to two men and then two women who enter, all communicating with meanness, innuendo and sniggering.
  • Bypass
    E26
    Bypass
  • And For My Next Trick
    E27
    And For My Next Trick
  • The Sit In
    E28
    The Sit In
  • Mill Hill
    E29
    Mill HillA dentist discovers his wife on the verge of having an affair with another man - a rival dentist.
  • King's Cross Lunch Hour
    E30
    King's Cross Lunch HourA romantic rendezvous doesn't quite go as planned.
  • Swiss Cottage
    E31
    Swiss Cottage
  • Knightsbridge
    E32
    KnightsbridgeFrancesca has some concerns about her mother's business.
  • Bermondsey
    E33
    BermondseyPip and Bob, both married, are a couple of ordinary working-class blokes in an ordinary London suburb. It's just that they have also been gay lovers for years.

 

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